Over the past year, more than 140 U.S. Postal Service workers in Chicago have been attacked while on the job.
On July 19, a longtime postal carrier was murdered while delivering mail in West Pullman. Octavia Redmond, 48, was shot to death as she made her rounds on the 12100 block of South Harvard Avenue.
Redmond was shot by a man wearing a ski mask. Chicago Police Department officials said the assailant fired at least eight rounds at Redmond before fleeing in a vehicle.
Brian L. Renfroe, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, expressed the sad emotions of many people.
“She was a public servant doing her job when her life and future were stolen from her,” he said in a statement. “Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with her family, friends and all her loved ones.”
Renfroe called for lawmakers to take action.
